Gibbs and McGee were in the car listening on the radio waiting for Tony to get a confession out of the suspect. When McGee turned to Gibbs and asked him a question Gibbs had been expecting for q long time now. "Hey Boss how come you favor Abby and Tony and even Ziva over me?"

Gibbs looked into McGee's eyes and replied "Congratulations Timothy McGee you are a functional adult."

"Excuse me?" Tim asked.

"Think about it Tim the Admiral may not have been father of the year but, he sure as hell wasn't Eli or Senior. He never left you in a hotel room for three days or trained you to be a ruthless killer." "I don't know about your mother but, I don't think she was an alcoholic like Tony's mom or killed in front of you like Ziva's" "and Abby's parent loved her more than anything else in the world but, they left her orphaned way to young God she must have been in her late teen's early twenties I can't imagine." ." Gibbs explained.

"I never saw it like that before boss." McGee replied.

"Oh and McGee you know that if you are ever in trouble and I told you this when Sarah was accused of murder and when Penelope was in trouble I just wanted to make sure you know under good circumstances that if you ever need me I am there for you." Gibbs assured him.

"Thanks Boss." McGee said.

"Oh and the functional adult thing Abby is fully capable but, she is just so much like Kelly and again the orphan thing, Ziva is usually able to take care of herself so she is kind of like you knowing my door is open but, not needing it except with Eli or Somalia, but DiNozzo God help him he is emotionally damaged, has no clue about women, and can't go five minutes without getting the plague or something."

"He's a good agent though." McGee added.

"He is" Gibbs added.

"Thanks Boss"

"Anytime son"